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Young people are to get the chance to voice their views to the Premier at a public meeting next week. David Burt said he had gauged interest in the event on his Twitter feed before he announced it will take place on Tuesday from 5.30pm. The “open con...

A spotlight will be turned on employers who “steal” from their staff by failing to deposit social insurance and pension contributions, the Minister of Finance warned last night. Curtis Dickinson said he wanted to help workers keep better track of the...

The Government is to boost its capital spending to about $85 million, using revenue such as new cruise ship taxes, to revamp the island’s infrastructure in the 2020-21 fiscal year. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, made the revelation after ...

An Opposition MP fears that the police budget could be cut by $4 million. Ben Smith, the Shadow Minister of National Security, asked yesterday if the island could afford to “slash” spending on law enforcement. He said: “I am greatly concerned by repo...

A care home for girls is “not a prison”, the Government said yesterday. The Ministry of Legal Affairs spoke out on the Department of Child & and Family Services’ Brangman Home, in Smith’s, after “recent public discussion” on the institution. The mini...

Backbenchers can earn about $240 extra a day as temporary government ministers. Two MPs have taken on the roles of Cabinet members a total of four times since last August. A government spokeswoman explained: “Primarily, this is an opportunity for our...

Job satisfaction among the working population appears to have increased over the past year, the Minister for the Cabinet Office said yesterday Wayne Furbert revealed that underemployment dropped by more than 10 per cent between May 2018 and May 2019,...

Powers to control traffic including taxis and minibuses are expected to be granted to West End Development Corporation workers with legislation passed by MPs. Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, told the House of Assembly on Friday t...

An independent education authority for Bermuda’s schools is under consideration, the House of Assembly heard last Friday. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the Government was exploring a recommendation made in the Future State Report fro...

Members of the Progressive Labour Party were asked to learn from people of all ages as they celebrated Bermudian excellence at the weekend. Wayne Frederick, the president of Howard University in Washington, highlighted the values of both younger and ...